The Property of a German Countess
Studio of Michiel van Mierevelt
A portrait of a lady, half-length, wearing a black dress with a white lace collar and pearl jewellery
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The Property of a German Countess
Studio of Michiel van Mierevelt
Delft 1528–1612
A portrait of a lady, half-length, wearing a black dress with a white lace collar and pearl jewellery
dated to the right centre edge: A.o i623
oil on oak panel
unframed: 68.6 x 57.7 cm.; 27 x 22¾ in.
framed: 85.5 x 74.5 cm.; 33⅝ x 29⅜ in.
With Galerie M. Schulthess, Basel, by 1950 (as Peter Paul Rubens);
Probably art market, Zurich, by 1952 (as Peter Paul Rubens);
Private collection, Germany;
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby’s, 13 November 2007, lot 47 (as circle of Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn) [withdrawn].
José Pijoán, Summa Artis, Historia General del Arte, el arte del Renacimiento en el norte y el centro de europa, Madrid 1952, vol. XV, p. 271, reproduced, fig. 384 (as Peter Paul Rubens).
We are grateful to Dr Fred G. Meijer for endorsing the attribution on the basis of digital images.